Ali after the fight. Gloves still on, still upright, and completely spent.
Blue oil pastel over a coffee-stained ground, drawn fast and left alone. Nothing behind him. No ring, no crowd, no corner man. Just the figure and a lot of empty paper doing half the work.
He is not celebrating and he is not beaten. He is standing, which at this point in the night is the entire achievement.
57 × 30 in · Latex, oil pastel, acrylic, bleach and coffee on paper mounted to cradled wooden panel · 2026
Ali after the fight. Gloves still on, still upright, and completely spent.
Blue oil pastel over a coffee-stained ground, drawn fast and left alone. Nothing behind him. No ring, no crowd, no corner man. Just the figure and a lot of empty paper doing half the work.
He is not celebrating and he is not beaten. He is standing, which at this point in the night is the entire achievement.
57 × 30 in · Latex, oil pastel, acrylic, bleach and coffee on paper mounted to cradled wooden panel · 2026
